Experimental application of electrolysis in the treatment of liver and pancreatic tumours: Principles, preclinical and clinical observations and future perspectives

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-120

  Gravante, G ^a,c   Ong, S L ^a   Metcalfe, M S ^a   Bhardwaj, N ^a   Maddern, G J ^b   Lloyd, D M ^a   Dennison, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrolytic ablation; Liver ablation; Palliative treatments; Pancreas ablation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; BURN; CANCER SURGERY; CELL DEATH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSURGERY; EMBASE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MEDLINE; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PERITONITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN NECROSIS; SPHINCTEROTOMY; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH ULCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROLYSIS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79954612474     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2009.12.002     Document Type: Review

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